The Kerala High Court on Tuesday criticised the police team probing the sensational Varappuzha sex scandal case after the court found that an accused in the case was not arrested even after repeated orders of the court for the last one year.
Justice P Bhavadasan observed, “It is distressing to note that there has been no sincere and conscious effort of the police to arrest petitioner Muhammed Haneefa, of Bekal in Kasargod, the 52nd accused in the Varappuzha case. Almost a year passed since the first order of this court which directed the petitioner to surrender.” The court passed the order while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of Muhammed Haneefa.
“The court is compelled to believe that even after the dismissal of three anticipatory bail pleas, the investigating agency does not do anything against the accused. The agency is being influenced or is working hand-in-glove with the petitioner,” it said.
The court also said that the delay in arresting the accused is a typical instance of either incompetency or inefficiency of the investigating agency. The court also observed that there is no change of circumstances, while the callous and indifferent attitude of the petitioner to the orders of the court could not be omitted.
The conduct of the petitioner in flouting the directions of the court and his ability to keep the investigating agency at bay speaks volumes about the influence he can wield.
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